Video: Pope Francis Revealed To The World (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post Canada

Catholics all over the world watched the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday with anticipation as it was finally announced: "Habemus Papum" — "We have a pope!"

Pope Francis, formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, has been elected to lead the Catholic church. As is tradition, he stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter's overlooking a massive crowd of pilgrims to deliver a hello and a prayer.

The new pope looked stunned as he shyly waved to the crowd, quipping that the cardinals had had to look to "the end of the earth" to find a bishop of Rome.

He led a prayer for the papacy, the church and for his predecessor, the retired Pope Benedict XVI.